Buddha-Carita [sanskrit]

by E. B. Cowell | 2003 | 11,474 words | ISBN-10: 8187418788 | ISBN-13: 9788187418788

The Buddha Carita (Saddharma-pundarika) by Asvaghosa a famous Sanskrit text revolving around the live and exploits of the Buddha. The Buddha Carita (Buddhacarita) is written in the style of a Kavya (or Mahakavya, epic poetry) and extant original Sanskrit text consists of roughly 1,000 metrical verses.

Verse 12.61

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शरीरे खानि यान्यस्य तान्यादौ परिकल्पयन् ।
घनेष्वपि ततो द्रव्येष्वाकाशमधिमुच्यते ॥ ६१ ॥

śarīre khāni yānyasya tānyādau parikalpayan |
ghaneṣvapi tato dravyeṣvākāśamadhimucyate || 61 ||

'First he makes use of all the apertures of his body; and next he exerts his will to experience a feeling of void space even in the solid parts.
English translation by E. B. Cowell (2003) Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (12.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sharira, Kha, Yani, Yat, Idam, Tad, Tanya, Tani, Adau, Ada, Adi, Parikalpa, Ghana, Api, Tatah, Tata, Dravya, Akasha, Adhi, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Buddha-carita Verse 12.61). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “śarīre khāni yānyasya tānyādau parikalpayan ”
śarīre -
śarīra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
khāni -
khāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yānya -
yānī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√yā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
tānyā -
tānī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]

tānī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]

tānī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tānyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tan class 4 verb]

√tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tan class 4 verb]

√tan -> tānyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √tan class 4 verb]

√tan -> tānya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √tan class 1 verb]

√tan -> tānya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √tan class 1 verb]

√tan -> tānyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √tan class 1 verb]
ādau -
ādau (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āda (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ādi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ādi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
parikalpa -
parikalpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yan -
yat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
Line 2: “ghaneṣvapi tato dravyeṣvākāśamadhimucyate ”
ghaneṣva -
ghana (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

ghana (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
dravyeṣvā -
dravya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

dravya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
ākāśam -
ākāśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ākāśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
adhim -
adhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

adhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ucyate -
√uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √uc class 4 verb]

√vac (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]